Trump Is Reopening National Parks—But You Can Also Go On These ‘Virtual Hikes’ From Home

On average, 4 million people a year visit Yosemite National Park in California to see its famous granite cliffs and giant sequoia trees—but you can see those virtually from your couch. You can even peek into the windows of the Ansel Adams Art gallery, located on the park’s grounds.

Perhaps the most famous of America’s national parks, the Grand Canyon in Arizona has many of its hiking trails and best lookout points available virtually, and you can even take a look at the Tusayan Ruins, an archeological site with what’s left of an 800-year-old Ancestral Puebloan village.

Big Bend National Park is a sprawling protected area along the border of Texas and Mexico that is home to thousands of different species of plants and animals, with a nearly five mile trail online for virtual hiking.

Don’t let the name scare you—California’s Death Valley has gorgeous views of the desert, winding canyon trails and even an old gold mining town from 1905, a popular filming spot for Hollywood productions that you can check out virtually.

Straddling the border of North Carolina and Tennessee, Great Smoky Mountain National Park features preserved historic sites from the mountain culture of Southern Appalachia and has a hiking trail that goes up to 1,400 feet in elevation to virtually tour.

Not all of the U.S. National Parks are continental: The Virgin Islands National Park on St. John, one of the U.S. Virgin Islands, offers trails through tropical forests and old sugar plantation ruins, ancient carvings by the Taino people and miles of white sand beaches—all of which you can explore online.